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10Oct

The Most Advanced AI-powered Prosthetics ‘Ever Created’

Utah Bionic Leg. Credit: University of UtahScientists from the University of Utah have created the most sophisticated AI-powered prosthetics "ever created," prompting Ottobock, the world's largest prosthetic manufacturer, to team up, launching the project internationally.https://twitter.com/UUtah/status/1578482268091211776?s=20&t=To8VYjrAITT-HDAaByZdxwThe university's Tommaso Lenzi, associate professor at the university's Department of Mechanical Engineering and director of the Bionic Engineering Lab,...

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08Sep

Light Accelerates Conductivity In Nature’s ‘Electric Grid’

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainThe natural world has its own intrinsic electrical grid composed of a world web of tiny bacteria-generated nanowires in the soil and seas that "breathe" by exhaling excess electrons.In a new study, Yale College researchers found that light is an unexpected ally in fostering this electronic activity within biofilm bacteria. Revealing bacteria-produced...

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22Aug

Elon Musk is Reportedly Considering Investment in Neuralink’s Rival Brain Chip Company

Neuralink, a company co-founded by Elon Musk, has been working on an implantable brain machine interface since 2016. While it previously showed its progress by showing a Macaque ape managing the cursor in a game of Pong, it still has to start human tests. Now, according to Reuters, Elon Musk has reached out to...

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30Jun

New Computational Approach Creates Spatial Maps of Single-Cell Data Within Tissues

A hairpin loop from a pre-mRNA. Highlighted are the nucleobases (green) and the ribose-phosphate backbone (blue). Note that this is a single strand of RNA that folds back upon itself. Credit: Vossman/ WikipediaA new computational method created by researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center successfully matches data from correspondent gene-expression...

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28Jun

This Biohacker Became the First Person to Edit His Own DNA

Credit: CI Photos/ShutterstockJosiah Zayner is the first individual known to have modified his personal DNA and he revealed the planet just how easy it is to do, live-streaming the process on his blog, "Science, Art, Beauty". Zayner claims this was the second time he has genetically changed himself.Utilizing CRISPR, a fairly new gene-editing method,...

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13Jun

Bacteria with Recording Function Capture Gut Health Status

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainOur intestine is residence to plenty of bacteria, which help us digest food. However, just what do the microorganisms do inside the body? Which enzymes do they create, and when? And how do the bacteria metabolize health-promoting foods that aid us in minimizing disease?To obtain replies to such matters, researchers at...

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08May

Energy-Generating Fabrics Created by Specialists

A picture of the lightweight and thin TENG textile produced over 35V of energy using artificial movements. It could potentially power low-power health sensors, environmental sensors, and electronic devices in the near future. Credit: Innovationnewsnetwork.Technology experts develop groundbreaking energy-generating fabrics that can generate electricity by seizing energy from body movements.Clothing that can examine our health, communicate...

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19Feb

Mental Speed Rarely Changes Over a Lifespan

Study reveals that the speed of cognitive information processing stays exceptionally stable over decadesMental speed-- the speed at which we can manage problems needing quick decision-making-- does not change significantly over the years. Psychologists at Heidelberg University came to this conclusion under the leadership of Dr. Mischa von Krause and Dr. Stefan Radev. They...

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19Feb

Autonomously Swimming Biohybrid Fish Made From Human Cardiac Cells Reveals Secrets of Heart Physiology

The first fully autonomous biohybrid fish from human stem-cell derived cardiac muscle cells. Credit: Michael Rosnach, Keel Yong Lee, Sung-Jin Park, Kevin Kit ParkerAn autonomously swimming biohybrid fish, designed to emphasize two crucial regulatory functions of the human heart, has shown the relevance of feedback mechanisms in muscle pumps (such as the heart). The...

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19Feb

Update to Clinical Practice Guideline on Tympanostomy Tube Surgery for Children

On February 9, the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation (AAO-HNSF) published the Clinical Practice Guideline: Tympanostomy Tubes in Children (Update) in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. Tympanostomy tubes, also called ear tubes, effectively lower or eliminate middle ear infections and eliminate persistent middle ear fluid and hearing loss related to middle ear...

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